Refrigerator.



. L. ALLEN. RBPRIGL'RATOR. l A-PPLIGATIGN FILEp MAYA1'1,191 0.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

anormal w Nw M LILLA AILLEN, or ALLENTOWN, GEORGIA.

Eiilwi'cation of Letters Patent. I

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Patented Nev. 1, 1910.

Application filed May 11, 1910.' Serial No. 560,663.

To alt' whom 'itmay concern:

Be it known that I, LILLA ALLEN, a .citizen of the United States,residing at Allentown, in the county of Vilkinson and State of Georgia,have invented new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, ofwhich thefollowing is a specification. i

This invention relates to refrigerators and the object of the inventionis to provide a novel refrigerating boX with cooling shelves thereinwhich are made hollow to' receive the refrigerating element. l

A further object of the invention is the provision of shelves of thischaracter which .are provided with sockets ory recesses for receivingthe receptacles so that said receptacles .are practically surrounded bya refifgeratfihg Aelement.-V

Av-still further object of the invention is the' provision of means forsupplying a re-'f frigerating element to the shelves, and means fordrawing. off the refrigerating element from the shelves so as tomaintain an even temperature yat a miximumrefrigerating degree.

l Further. objects ofthe invention will ap- .Mpearlas thefollowingpspec'iffic description is l represents the easing read ""nconnection with'the accompanyingl drawing which forms a part of thisspecification, and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the refrigerator showing the door inopen.posi

tllion.. Fig. 2 is a vertical section l taken Re err-ing m'ore esec'ially to the drawing "p which'is preferably linedwithasbestos,'mmeral wool,charcoal,

l ment.

' orother suitable non-conducting heat element, ,which iiis'ulatestheinner part 2 of the refrigerator. .from the outside tempera-- i tures.

@ntheinner side ofthe casing 1 adjacent one endthereof, is placed a tank3 which* extends from vthe bottom to the top ofthe casingfand has anopening. 4 in its Tipper. to

endzwhich is covered'by a door'5 hinge the 'casingv and provided for theurpose of ljlin 'f the tank with a refrigerating ele- Xtending laterallyfrom the tank across' the inner space 2 are hollow shelves indirectcommunication with the tank 3I ment l0 which ,iills the tank and theshelves.

' hile only two shelves 6 and 7 have been shown, there may be any numberdesired. 'It will be noticed that the shelf Gff'orms a cooling top forthe receptacle'supon the shelf 7 and in order to provide av cooling Atopfor the upper shelf 6 there isV secured to the tank a hollow arm 11which extends across the upper part of the space 2 and has its free endsupported upon a bracket`l2.

lA suitable faucet lfi's connected with the lower end o f the tank 3 sothat the refrigerating element 'may be drained from the tank the shelveshave their bottoms slightly inclined so that the same will be completelydrained upon opening of the faucet 13. Each shelf'is also provided witha drip cock 14 by which the comparatively warm refrig' eratingelementwithin the shelves may be fdrawn off and a fresh refrigeratingelement from the tank supplied thereto. The lower part of the casingisdefined by a platform l5v which 'forms the top for suitable drawers 16which are mounted on the bottom of the casing and are separated by:1a-'partition 17. These drawers maybe dispensed with and an arm similartothe arm 11 may be connected to the tank for forming a bottom coolingwall:

Thetank and shelves may be filled with any suitable refrigeratingelement such as' iced water or a saline solution which is andv from theshelves, it being noticed that cooled by ammonia vapor or in any othersuitable manner. The device may be packed with ice and the shelvesadapted to circulate thecold 'air therefrom. y

I also contemplate the use of the device as a irelessrooker, .using -ofcourse boiling water or any other liquid heating element in the tank andShelves. The material to be cookedis first .boiled in receptacles andthen placed in the recesses in the shelves and allowed to remain untilcooked in the manner of the ordinarydireless cooker.

. Havinglthus described the invention, what is claimed, is I Arefrigerator comprising a casing, a supply tank i'n the casing, hollowshelves commnncating with said tank, said shelves hav- In testimonywhereof I afx my signature ing, their upper faces formed with recessesin presence of two Witnesses. to receive receptacles and their bottomfaces LILLA ALLFN inclined from the tank, means for support- 'J il ingthe free ends of the shelves, means for Witnesses:

draining the tank, and independent means J. B. LAND, for draining theseparate shelves. S. N. CHAMPION.

